New Lodge, Windsor

AHP was commissioned by the Marchday Group to provide a development history of New Lodge, a neo-Gothic, grade II* listed country house in what was originally Windsor Forest (a small part of which forms the current Windsor Great Park).

The house was built in Jacobean style for Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, Belgium’s first foreign secretary, by Thomas Talbot Bury, a neo-Gothicist inspired by the work of master Gothic architect A.W.N. Pugin. Van de Weyer’s work brought him into contact with the court of St James and the family established close Royal connections: Van de Weyer’s eldest daughter was Queen Victoria’s god-daughter, and numerous trees planted by members of the Royal family still exist in the grounds of the house.

Using the Van de Weyer archive held by Berkshire Record Office and documents at the National Archives in Kew, AHP pieced together the story of the current house, its alterations and subsequent owners. Marchday has used the completed report to inform future decisions and planning applications. AHP’s work also inspired Marchday to publish a colour pamphlet about the history of the house.

Public

Central Fire Station, Birmingham ›
Manchester Square Fire Station, London ›

Commercial

203-221 Regent Street, London ›
Bolton Market Hall, Lancashire ›

Town

7 St James’s Square, Westminster ›
9 & 11 Duke Street, London ›

Country

New Lodge, Windsor ›
Plas Newydd, Anglesey ›

Ecclesiastical

St George’s Church, Bloomsbury ›
St James’s Church, Liverpool ›